Nautical Terms
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Notable June Events
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This is the front end of a boat or ship.
What is the bow?
The term "bow" comes from the historical practice of shipbuilders bending wooden planks in a curved, bow-like shape to ensure the ship could slice through the water more efficiently.
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Located in Egypt, this iconic historical site features the Great Pyramid and the enigmatic Great Sphinx.
What is Giza?
For over 3,800 years, the Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest man-made structure in the world. It originally stood at 481 feet tall, but erosion and the loss of its outer casing stones have reduced it to about 450 feet.
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This is the nickname for President Reagan's economic plan
What is Reaganomics?
The core concept of "trickle-down economics"—the belief that tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy will eventually benefit lower-income Americans—remains a hotly debated philosophy in political circles.
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This animated sailor gained strength by eating spinach.
Who is Popeye?
Popeye was inspired by a real-life, pipe-smoking local in Chester, Illinois, named Frank "Rocky" Fiegel, who was known for getting into plenty of bar fights
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A cynical ex-pat American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
What is Casablanca?
The legendary line "Here's looking at you, kid," wasn't in the original script. It was an ad-lib by Humphrey Bogart, who reportedly taught the phrase to Ingrid Bergman while they played poker between takes.
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June 6th, 1944 - As part of Operation Overlord, Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France in an attack that would come to be commonly known as this.
What is D-Day?
The Allies successfully faked out the Germans through Operation Fortitude. They created fake inflatable tanks, plywood planes, and transmitted bogus radio messages to make Hitler believe the attack was coming at Calais rather than Normandy.
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This nautical term refers to the left side of the ship when facing forward.
What is Port?
An easy way to remember is that port and left are both four letter words.
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Found off the coast of Queensland, Australia, this is the largest living structure on Earth, visible from space and famously celebrated by snorkelers and divers for its vibrant, rich marine biodiversity.
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
The reef covers about 133,000 sq miles, or roughly the size of Italy
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She sang this hit 1984 song "What's Love Got to Do with It?
Who is Tina Turner?
The song was featured on Turner's fifth solo album, Private Dancer.
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This scientist is known for his theory relativity, often abbreviated as E=MC^2
Who as Albert Einstein?
Einstein’s theory of relativity revolutionized how we understand the universe, proving that space and time are interconnected, flexible, and relative to the observer
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In this Hitchcock classic from 1958 is a psychological thriller starring James Stewart as a retired detective with a crippling fear of heights. Hired to tail a college friend's wife, he spirals into deadly obsession after falling for her, inadvertently uncovering a tragic, spiraling web of manipulation and deceit.
What is Vertigo?
When Vertigo was shot, leading man James Stewart was 49, while his co-star Kim Novak was only 24. Hitchcock later admitted in interviews that Stewart may have been too old for the role.
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June 1st, 1926 - This future model, movie star and wife of Jo DiMaggio was born as Norma Jean Mortensen
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
As an avid reader, Monroe owned a personal library of over 400 books spanning philosophy, art, religion, and poetry.
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This is the kitchen aboard a ship.
What is the galley?
To prevent fires, modern cruise ship galleys use induction and electric heating equipment instead of traditional gas flames
400
This North Atlantic island, a territory of Denmark, is the largest island in the world.
What is Greenland?
Although mostly covered in ice, the ice-free portion of Greenland is roughly the size of Sweden, and the southern region gets warm enough to feature vegetation and naturally occurring hot springs.
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This brightly colored toy cube puzzle frustrated millions beginning in 1980.
What is a Rubik's Cube?
Invented in 1974 by Hungarian professor Ernő Rubik, the Rubik's Cube is on of the best-selling toy of all time, with over 450 million units sold worldwide.
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Yale University is located in this state
What is Connecticut?
Five U.S. Presidents have attended Yale: William Howard Taft, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush.
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This 1976 film stars Sylvester Stallone as a struggling, down-and-out club boxer in Philadelphia who works as a debt collector. He gets a once-in-a-lifetime chance to fight reigning heavyweight champion Apollo Creed
What is Rocky?
United Artists initially offered Stallone over $300,000for the screenplay alone, but he refused to sell it unless he was allowed to star in the lead role.
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June 5th, 1968 - Four and a half year after his brother was shot in Dallas, TX, this presidential hopeful was shot and mortally wounded while leaving the Ambassador hotel in Los Angeles.
Who is Robert F Kennedy?
As a child, he was a passionate stamp collector and once received a letter directly from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was also a known stamp collector.
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This is the first thing you should do if you see someone fall off of a ship
What is yell "Man Overboard!"?
Simultaneously, you should immediately throw a throwable flotation device (like a life ring or buoyant cushion) toward the person in the water. This gives the victim immediate buoyancy and acts as a marker for their location.
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This Central American country borders Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador.
What is Guatemala?
The famous McDonald's children's meal was actually invented in Guatemala. In the 1970s, a local businesswoman named Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño created the "Ronald Menu" to feature smaller portions for kids.
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He Sang the 80s hits "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" with the band Wham! and "Careless Whisper" and "Faith" as part of his solo career
Who is George Michael?
Over his career, George MIchael sold over 120 million records.
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This ancient civilization built Machu Picchu in what is modern day Peru
Who are the Incans?
Despite never inventing the wheel or having a written language, they ruled over 10 million people using advanced agriculture, an earthquake-resistant 25,000-mile road network, and a highly organized tax system
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In this horror classic by Alfred Hitchcock from 1960, A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at the secluded Bates motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.
What is Psycho?
Because the film was shot in black and white, traditional fake blood wouldn't show up correctly. Filmmakers famously used Bosco chocolate syrup to create the iconic dark blood swirling down the shower drain.
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June 18th, 1815 - On the fields near Waterloo in central Belgium, this French Emperor suffered a crushing defeat, ending 23 years of warfare between France and the other European powers.
Who is Napoleon?
Following his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon was sent into exile on the island of St. Helena off the coast of Africa.
800
A ship’s bathroom is traditionally called this.
What is the head?
Early ship heads were built directly over the water. Slots in the floor allowed natural wave action to flush waste away.
800
This isolated archipelago 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador is highly revered for its unique, diverse ecosystem and endemic species that famously contributed to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
What are the Galapagos Islands?
The famous McDonald's children's meal was actually invented in Guatemala. In the 1970s, a local businesswoman named Yolanda Fernández created the "Ronald Menu" to feature smaller portions for kids.
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Serving throughout the 1980s, she was the first female British prime minister and had the nickname the “Iron Lady.”
Who is Margret Thatcher?
Despite serving as Prime Minister for 11 years, Thatcher chose not to employ a chef at 10 Downing Street. She made dinner for her husband, Denis, every night and frequently cooked for her Cabinet members.
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This board game’s mascot is Rich Uncle Pennybags.
What is Monopoly?
The earliest version of the game was called The Landlord's Game, patented in 1904 by Elizabeth Magie. Her goal was to demonstrate the dangers of land monopolies.
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In this 1978 film starring Christopher Reeves, an alien orphan is sent from his dying planet, Krypton, to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.
What is Superman?
Christopher Reeve was relatively unknown and somewhat lanky when cast. He underwent a grueling weight-training regimen supervised by a weightlifter to bulk up for the role.
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June 19th, 1953 - This married couple was executed at Sing Sing Prison in New York for conspiracy to commit espionage to aid the Soviet Union.
Who are Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
They had been found guilty of of providing vital information on the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union during 1944-1945.
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This old nautical term means to secure loose objects before rough weather.
What is Batton Down?
Before modern steel covers, a "hatch" was an opening in the deck that gave access to the cargo hold. In fair weather, they were often left open to allow fresh air below deck
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This former Soviet republic on the Black Sea shares its name with a state in the southeastern United States
What is Georgia?
The earliest known chemical evidence of grape wine dates back to around 6000 BCE in the South Caucasus region of present-day Georgia.
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This woman was nominated to be the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1981.
Who is Sandra Day O'Conner?
She grew up on the "Lazy B" ranch in the Southwest, where her home was nine miles from the nearest paved road and lacked running water or electricity until she was seven.
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This soft drink was originally created as a medicinal tonic in Atlanta in 1886.
What is Coca-Cola?
The early recipe included extracts from both coca leaves and the kola nut (providing both cocaine and caffeine) and was initially marketed as Pemberton's French Wine Coca. Cocaine was officially removed from the formula in 1903.
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The 1976 horror classic, based on the Stephen King novel and starring Sissy Spacek, follows a shy, outcast teenager with dormant telekinetic powers. After an innocent prom invitation spirals into a cruel and humiliating prank involving pigs blood, Carrie unleashes devastating, supernatural vengeance on her tormentors
What is Carrie?
Stephen King was paid a mere $2,500 for the movie rights to Carrie.
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June 28th, 1919 - The signing of this treaty by President Woodrow Wilson formally ended World War I
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The financial reparations demanded from Germany were massive. The very last payment, totaling nearly $70 million, was not made until October 3, 2010—more than 90 years after the treaty was signed.